Hi,
I'm an October 2014 applicant. I am going to the border to land later today. Here is my timeline:
Application arrived on Oct 14, 2014
Upfront medicals submitted on Oct 28, 2015
RCMP check request on Feb 18, 2016
RPRF payment request on Mar 3, 2016
Passport request on Mar 10, 2016
Passport sent on Mar 28, 2016
Passport came back with visa and landing paper on April 7, 2016
I requested for notes twice. I don't quite remember when I did those. But it was shortly after the second notes came back I started to get all the requests - not sure if they are related.
Some additional info:
I applied under Express entry in November 2015 because the old CEC was going really slow. After I got my passport back, I phoned CIC to cancel my express entry and requested for a refund of the upfront RPRF I paid. The agent told me since my two applications were both under CEC, one would be canceled automatically if the other was approved. So in this case my express entry application would be canceled. She then sent me a link to a web form that I could fill in and request for a refund. I should be expecting a reply in 10 business days, which I am still waiting for.
Hope this helps!